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COPYRIGHT 1916, WHITNEY WINDOW CorpP., 


THIS UNUSUAL MINNEAPOLIS HOME IS TYPICAL OF THE CLASS OF RESIDENCES 
BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE 
WITH WHITNEY WINDOW-HARDWARE. 


IN WHICH 


HE present day style of architecture is very 
T artistic from every standpoint. Yet, the thing 

of beauty has not always been a joy forever, 
because of the fact that in giving character to the 
work, it has not been possible heretofore to give 
some parts of the structure the necessary utility. 
Take, for instance, the windows. Until recently, 
to the average person, windows were simply 
windows and as long as they admitted a reasonable 
amount of light and air, when opened, performed 
their necessary functions. 

However, with the study of better light and more 
efficient home ventilation, came the sleeping porch 
and sun parlor. These required a window that 
would permit plenty of light and the benefit of the 
entire window opening, which is impossible with 
the usual types of windows. The only window 
that came near answering the requirement was the 
French or casement window. This style of window 


is not practical, however, for the purpose desired, 
because of the manner of control. They are hinged 
to swing outward or inward and, when of the French 
style and full length, they are made to swing in- 
side and therefore are not secure against weather 
conditions. The radical climatic changes in this 
country, as well as the wide variations in moisture 
conditions, make it impractical to fit the joints as 
closely as they must be to cope with these con- 
ditions. Consequently, it has been impossible to 
have windows of the casement style that would 
not leak or stick and whose adjusters were not con- 
stantly out of order. To make them leak-proof 
would mean that the windows would not have 
enough free space to permit swelling under damp 
conditions. To allow sufficient space for the win- 
dow to swell, meant that they were not leak-proof 
nor wind-proof. In one condition they were too 
loose and in the other too tight to open. 


Casement Window Requirements 


Most casement windows will fill some of the 
necessary requirements, yet, in order to give entire 
satisfaction, they should have all of the following 
qualifications: 

An artistic effect, both from the inside and out- 
side. 

Allow for a maximum or a minimum of ventila- 
tion without a draft. 

Always work easily and quietly. 

Open outward, out of the way and not interfere 
with the screens. 

Be self-adjusting, and stay rigidly just where 
you open them, so that the wind cannot rattle or 
slam them shut, thus enabling you to control the 
ventilation. 


Be easily moved to any point in the opening, 
permitting an unobstructed view. 


Be absolutely tight and weather-proof when 
closed. 


Be easily washed from the inside, thus eliminat- 
ing the use of ladders to wash the outside of the 
glass. 


These are the requirements that fit every 
Architect’s, Builder’s, and Contractor’s ideal. For 
years they have tried to secure a window with all 
of these advantages, but nothing on the market 
has ever satisfied them on every point, until the 
advent of the 


Whitney Casement Window Hardware 


You can use any style sash with Whitney Case- 
ment Window-Hardware and still enjoy all of the 
above advantages, in addition to overcoming the 
many troubles of ordinary casement windows. 
This is proven by the fact that Whitney Casement 
Window-Hardware is used in all types of residences, 
from the modest to the most palatial, in hotels, 
hospitals, schools, office buildings, amusement 
buildings, clubs, churches, libraries, apartment 
buildings, etc., from Coast to Coast. As one of 
Seattle’s most prominent Architects so aptly put 


it: ‘‘Architects have found the casement window 
almost indispensable to give character to some 
classes of work, but after having a delightful seance 
with some irate client who claims that the ‘window 
sticks, leaks, the adjusters won’t work, the fly 
screens are not right, etc.,’ they ofttimes feel 
like cutting them out. If one will examine the 
Whitney control, he will see how all of these 
troubles have been overcome in a very simple and 
clever manner.” 


Appearance Conforms with Best Architectural 
Standards 


The window with Whitney Hardware control 
when closed is, to all intents and purposes, the 
same as the commonly known casement window. 
Its means of operation is, however, entirely differ- 
ent from that of the old style hinged window. The 
reason for the superior appearance of the window 
with Whitney Hardware control over what is 
known as the double hung, weighted, or check rail 
sash, is the fact that the principal lines of the sash 
run up and down, which is the normal direction of 
growth and in conformity with the main lines of 
the structure in which it is used, while the check 


rail or double hung sash has the heavy meeting 
rails, which are at cross purposes to the proper and 
artistic lining of the building. 


The sash may be divided into small panes or 
fitted with art glass, according to the scheme of 
the designer, and with the same freedom that he 
would exercise in any window, bearing in mind, 
of course, that a circle or oval top sash may not be 
used without the aid of a transom, as the Whitney 
Casement Window-Hardware control is such that 
it necessitates that the head be parallel with the sill. 


Ventilation 


The subject of proper ventilation, especially in 
the home, is one so inexhaustible that we can only 
give you a few of the requirements in our limited 
space. Even the opening of the windows in the 
morning and airing out of the rooms is better than 
no air at all, but if we realize that sleeping in a room 
with an open window that enables us to have a 
circulation of air and yet eliminate the draft, is the 
most healthful condition we could possibly get to 
store up energy, no one would sleep in a room that 
would not permit of such conditions. Each day 
our physicians are bringing this fact home to us 
more forcefully by advising and urging us to keep 
out in the open air. Improper ventilation in the 
home causes the occupants’ vitality to be lowered, 
thus rendering them more susceptible to disease. 


The necessity for proper ventilation in the home 
is very apparent. Fresh air increases the vigor, 
as well as the resisting power of the body to disease 
and it helps burn up and clean and rid our tissues 
of waste products which are poisons, if retained, 
and, what is not least, it greatly reduces the risk 
of infection. 


Whitney Casement Window-Hardware control 
enables you to overcome these conditions. From 
the standpoint of ventilation, the Whitney type 


possesses more of the desirable and necessary 
requisites than any other casement window. The 
fact that the sash may be pushed to either side of 
the opening, leaving the rest free and unobstructed, 
permits the deflection of any breeze into the room 
if that is the desired condition, or by sliding the 
sash to the opposite side of the opening, it will 
baffle the breeze, and while admitting an abund- 
ance of fresh air, it prevents the force of the wind 
entering the room. 


When the wind is blowing directly upon the 
window, the windows may be opened a little way, 
so that the center projects out, leaving an opening 
top and bottom, of equal size, thus establishing an 
ideal form of ventilation without a draft. When 
in this position, the windows are not drawn far 
enough away from the side pockets into which they 
are fitted to allow the wind access at this point. 
In this position, the rising and heated atmosphere 
of the room naturally passes out through the top, 
while the cooler atmosphere finds entrance through 
the lower opening, and when the atmospherical 
conditions outside are such that there is a current 
of air passing directly from one opening to the 
other, there is naturally a siphon effect which draws 
out the foul air of the room. 


THE PURPOSE OF THIS ILLUSTRATION 
AND THE SET-IN VIEWS IS TO SHOW 
JUST HOW AND WHERE WHITNEY 
CASEMENT HARDWARE !S ATTACHED 
TO THE CASEMENT SASH. 


THE UPPER RIGHT HAND “*PHANTOM"” 
VIEW SHOWS THE FIXTURE FOR THE 
TOP OF THE SASH AS IT IS INSTALLED 
THE FIXTURE ITSELF IS SHOWN IN THE 
UPPER CERT CiRGEE: 


IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CIRCLE IS 
A “PHANTOM” VIEW OF THE BOTTOM 
FIXTURE AS IT IS INSTALLED, THE FIX- 
TURE ITSELF IS SHOWN IN THE LOWER 
CEE CIRGEE, 


Sleeping Porches and Sun Parlors 


The adaptation of the Whitney Casement 
Window-Hardware control to sleeping porches is 
most novel and useful. The openings can be ar- 
ranged to contain any mutliple of sash, each pair 
working independent of all other pairs, so that the 
opening may be arranged by throwing all pairs to 
one side, or by dividing the number of pairs and 
placing part on one side and part on the other, or 
you may open one pair and leave the balance 
closed. In this way you may have an opening of 
practically any width. 

With the Whitney control, the windows can be 
thrown entirely open, or any part of the opening 
may be closed. Thus, the closed portion of the 
opening acts as a protection and you may enjoy the 


fresh air as fully as though you were outdoors, 
without the force of the breeze blowing directly 
upon you. Consequently, you will readily realize 
the importance of having the Whitney control on 
the windows in every room. That any width of 
opening may be had with an unobstructed view, is 
admirably shown in the photographs herewith. 
Then, too, the fact that this opening can be instant- 
ly closed, if necessary, is a point which few, if any, 
windows have in their favor. This method of 
ventilation makes the Whitney Casement Window- 
Hardware control almost indispensable in any type 
of building or home, because it adds to the comfort 
and well-being of the occupants. 


The Ease of Operation 


The operation of windows with the Whitney 
Casement Window-Hardware control is so new and 
novel and yet so simple that a slight study of the 
phantom views, as shown on the opposite page 
will enable you to easily understand and appreciate 
the simplicity of the operation. 

While the windows are held perfectly rigid, both 
top and bottom, by the hardware, yet not being 
rigidly fastened to the frame, they may be moved 
from side to side, still retaining their connection 
with the window frame by means of the interlocking 
shoes in the track at the bottom of the frame and 


the roller guides running in the groove at the top 
of the frame. 

In a nutshell, the window with the Whitney con- 
trol is a real window when closed and an unob- 
structed opening when opened and moved to either 
side. This operation is entirely distinct from any 
of the other methods. While the casement window 
is hinged to the jamb, the window with Whitney 
Window-Hardware has no connection with it and 
is free to move away from them. 

Where the sash are arranged in pairs or in groups 
of pairs, the sash of the pairs are hinged together, 


each pair independent of the pair adjacent. The 
top and bottom of the sash stiles, which are not 
hinged to one another, being provided with the 
wooden roller at the top and with the sliding shoes 
at the bottom, both of which have connections 
with the frame. This, in addition to the fact that 
the sash are hinged together, enables the pair of 
sash to fold together in the shape of a V, though 
they still retain their connection with the frame, 
because of the roller and sliding shoe, the sash being 
hinged together, each sash presses the other and 
the brass stops or distance pieces that are placed 
in the track at the bottom of the sill, separate the 
sash from one another so that it is impossible for 
them to close tightly together, thus retaining their 
stability and preventing tipping. As a result, it is 
possible for you to have as large an opening as you 
may desire and to operate any one of the pair of 
sash in the opening without interfering with the 
other pairs in the opening. 

The operation of the single sash is slightly differ- 
ent from the double sash, though involving the 
same principle. The single sash openings consist 
of a track or guide on the sill interlocking with a 


sliding shoe. This shoe is attached to the sash by 
means of the pivot plate at the corner and a swing- 
ing arm is attached to the opposite corner of the 
window frame. A duplicate arm is connected to 
the top of the sash and the window frame, also the 
roller guide is placed at the corner of the window 
directly above the sliding shoe and fitted into a 
groove at the head. 


f The arms attached to the window and to the 
casing swing out as the window is opened, drawing 
the opposite edge of the sash away from the side of 
the frame, though still retaining its connection to 
the frame by means of the interlocking shoe and 
roller guide. These arms act as adjusters to hold 
the window in whatever position placed and by 
this operation make a self-adjusting window. 


With both the single and double sash, the feature 
of having the sash free from the sides of the frame, 
makes not only possible, but extremely convenient, 
the washing of the outside of the window from the 
inside of the room. This has been one of the main 
and unsurmountable objections to the use of case- 
ment windows. 


Screens 


While the screening of casement windows has 
been difficult, due to the interference of the ad- 
justers on the sill, this objection has been entirely 
overcome by the Whitney Casement Window- 
Hardware control, because they make the window 
self-adjusting. Sliding screens are used, so as to 
make the windows easily accessible. They are 


placed next to the sash on the inside. The shades 
and draperies are then placed on the inside of the 
screen. This allows the operation of the shades 
without opening the screens each time, and in ad- 
dition the screen acts as a protection against the 
shades and drapes being blown out of the window 
when open. 


We Furnish Only the Hardware 


We manufacture and sell only the hardware. 
The sash used can be of any metal or of wood con- 
struction. 

The hardware consists of a top fixture for each 
sash, which is a brass plate and which is screwed to 
the top of the sash and on which a wooden roller 
rolls in a groove at the top of the sill. A bottom 
fixture for each sash, which is a brass plate and 
which is screwed to the bottom of the sash, on 
which is pivoted a shoe that slides in a brass track 
that runs the entire length of the sill; a pair of 
hinge butts, one of which is attached to both sash 


a short distance from the top; the other being 
attached to both sash a short distance from the 
bottom. This lower hinge butt contains a handle 
with which the window is opened and closed; a 
pair of brass stops which are inserted in the track 
between the shoes at the bottom of the sill, so that 
the window can be opened to the proper point, 
thus retaining their stability and preventing tipping. 
A sufficient supply of brass screws and full direc- 
tions for attaching go with each set. Any carpenter 
can easily set the hardware without trouble. 


WHITNEY WINDOW CORPORATION, 


305 Fifth Street So., Minneapolis, Minn. 


THIS MINNEAPOLIS HOME IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE MANY UNOBSTRUCTED 
OPENINGS THAT CAN BE HAD WITH WHITNEY CASEMENT WINDOW-HARDWARE. 


THIS SLEEPING PORCH IN A SEATTLE HOME, SHOWS HOW EASILY OUT OF DOORS CONDITIONS 
CAN BE SECURED BY THE USE OF WHITNEY CASEMENT WINDOW-HARDWARE. 


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Summary 


In considering windows for your home or for any 
type of building, bear in mind these facts: 

That the Whitney Casement Window-Hardware 
is used from Coast to Coast, in buildings of all 
types. For instance: 

In hotels, where the guest must operate them. 
Consequently, they must have simplicity of opera- 
tion. 

In hospitals, where the control of ventilation 
and the elimination of drafts is absolutely neces- 
sary. Thus proving their efficiency in the control 
of ventilation. 

In schools, where the system of forced ventila- 
tion is used, which demands that there be no leaks 
in the rooms themselves, in order to secure the 
desired efficiency that it requires. Thereby prov- 
ing that they are absolutely tight and weather- 
proof. Messrs. Heith & Gove, the leading archi- 


tects of Tacoma, who are strong advocates of 
forced draft system of ventilation for schools, 
“claim that windows with the Whitney Casement 
Window-Hardware have been found to be the 
tightest window that they know of, and this tight- 
ness being so essential to the ideal working of the 
forced draft system that they have adopted it for 
all school work, and would do so, even though it 
did not have the superior methods of accessibility 
for washing the exterior, combined with the superior 
appearance that this form of sash provides.” 

The endorsement of such well known architects, 
as well as the fact that Whitney Casement Window- 
Hardware is installed in the types of homes and 
buildings as shown by the views in this book, is 
conclusive proof that no casement window is the 
equal of those with the Whitney control, either 
from an artistic or an efficiency standpoint. 


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305 Fifth Street So., Minneapolis, Minn. 


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